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Tensile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to tension.

adj. Capable of being stretched or extended; ductile.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to tension

adj. Capable of being stretched; ductile

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to extension.

adj. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to tension: as, tensile strength.

Capable of tension; capable of being drawn out or extended in length or breadth; tensible.

In musical instruments, producing tones by means of stretched strings.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

adj. of or relating to tension

Word Usage

"According to Mr. Jurgensen, "Drawing on his own work at a sewing machine, Mr. Fisher decided to drape the legs in tensile fabric, which becomes taut when crew members pop out a series of knobby" polyps "inside the frame.""

Equivalent

formed

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ductile tensible

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

bensel hensel pencil

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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